Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1887-06-03
SIDEWALK PR1TTLE.
Overcoats are a burden.

We want correspondent from the
Cottonwood side of the prairie.
Miss Carrie Rhett arrived on Mon
days stage on visit to her mother.
Duff Greene has been appointed DEP
uty marshal for eastern Washington.
The careless farmer will soon be hunt
ing up the implements he neglected
last fall
An occasional prospector with his
pack passes through town bound noun
tain-ward.
r The institution of the Rebekah de-
gree lodge 1. o. o. F., at this place has
been postponed.
From all reports the acreage seeded
to grain in these parts exceeds that of
any former year.
Jay Gould and the editor of this
paper will build the telephone line to
Mt Idaho this season.
Freight wagons come filing into town
daily loaded up with goods for the stores
here and at Mt. Idaho.
zQuite a number of horses are in train
ing for the races over the new track on
the coming Fourth of July.
Assessor Rice is working this precinct
and seems to have adopted Gen. Grants
motto: Let no guilty man escape.'
Postmaster Beck has been suffering
this week from severe attack of wea-
ther. Mrs. Beck has also been quite
low.
Clark's survey party were, at last
accounts, on the Little Salmon about IL
miles below Cal. Whites place.-W eiser
Leader, May 2Sth.
Messrs. Riggs and Grimes are can
vassing the prairie for the northwestern
nursery, of Walla Walla and will remain
another week.
Mr.. N. Markham made a business
trip to Lewiston during the week, and
also ordered copy of the PRESS sent to
his brother in Iowa.
Parties desiring dental work done will
find J. II. McCallie at his Office in the
drug store every day between the hours
of A. NJ. and P. NJ.
S. G. Hayes has been working the
road over the mountain for the past two
weeks, and contemplates bridging Will
low creek provided Nez Perce county
pays half the cost.
Judge Parker has removed his law
Office to the old drug store building on
the south side of Main street. DR..
Nickel has also established his drug
store in the same premises.
Mr.. Eckert returned from the Pen
d'Oreille country recently, whittier he
went to look up stock range. He says
that country is greatly over-rated and
not at all adapted for his purpose.
> Riley Rice is back from his trip with
Wooden's stock, and says that the boss
was still badly racked from the effects
of the sandbag; in fact he has not been
the same man since the attack.
The latest additions to our subscrip-
ton list are j. B. Forsman, S. G. Hayes,
c. H. Hughes and r. F. Eller, all of
Cottonwood. Only 200 more are wan
ted to enable US to enlarge the paper
and reduce the price,.
Evan Overman left last Monday for
Douglas island, Alaska, where he ex-
poets to make an everlasting fortune.
The Arctic shore is hard country to
prospect in, but we hope he will strike
it beyond his own sanguine expecta-
tions.
The family of Martin L. Butler arrived
here from the Genesee valley, N. e,
last Saturday. The eldest boy. Raymond,
brought us cake of genuine maple
sugar, the first we have had since we
left our native Egyptian swamps in
southern Illinois.
The warm weather has sent the Clear.
water booming higher than the price of
corner lots in Grangeville, and down on
the river front in Lewiston the natives
have had to abandon their houses and
are now fishing from the gravel bluff on
the south side of Main street.
DIR. McCallie will visit every house
on Camas prairie within the next two
months in order TO introduce himself
and work to the people, that he may
the sooner build up a good Office prac-
tice. He has come to stay, and it will
be to the interest of all to literally
patronise him.
III. c. Brown, of Mt. Idaho, offers for
sale, at the original cost price, a large lot
| of California and Dragon made CLOTHING
consisting of mems, gents boys and
children's clothing. The entire stock
was selected carefully with especial
reference to the wants of this commu-
nifty, and will positively be sold at
original cost price for cash.